emsenn

writer
&
developer

Dear Internet

My name is emsenn. Recently, I've been spending a lot of time
thinking about my relationship with computers. I'm still
uncertain about a lot, but I have come to believe concepts
like ownership and agency are important in digital spaces.

Motivated by those beliefs, I've begun to change how I
use the Internet. I'm still figuring things out, but this
website is one part of my change. It is a simple file,
stored on a simple server that I own and operate.

I've also changed how I communicate through the Internet.
At present, I am limiting myself to using email. If you
wish to reach me, please use the
contact form, or send me an email.

The rest of this site contains information about me, and
the projects I'm working on.

Thank you for visiting,

emsenn

Projects

Writing

Occurrences
A framework for open-source content milling.

Occurrences will be a library & process for implementing
a for-profit content mill.

Psalms to the Moon
Poems for a bad relationship.

Psalms to the Moon is a book of short poems I wrote and released in 2015. It is currently available on Amazon in digital and paperback format. If you contact me I will gladly send you a free digital copy.

Teraum
A satirical fantasy built with friends.

Teraum is a fantasy world created through collaborative storytelling (using the Brave Old World system.) It started as my personal fantasy world, but over the years has been shaped more by role-playing sessions than deliberate storytelling. I plan to open the project up, to let more people contribute to the canon.

Audio

The Delvers
An improvised adventure podcast.

A podcast of an improvised adventure set in Teraum, a satirical fantasy world. Coming next year, but you can listen to the teaser pilot.

Games

Fyreside
A collectible card game for chat rooms.

Fyreside will be a collectible card game that is played
inside existing communication channels.

Brave Old World
Rules for telling stories with friends.

Brave Old World will be a set of rules for telling stories with friends.

Spaceland
A romance with a strange dimension.

Spaceland will be a back-to-basics MMO.

Starhopper
A race to save humanity.

In Starhopper, you will command an interstellar fleet
searching for a new home after Earth's unfortunate
destruction.

You Are Conscious
An exploration of emergent philosophy.

Learn how philosophical systems evolve as an
artificial intelligence tasked with making widgets.

Other

FOSS-in-a-Box
Boilerplate for philosophically open-source software.

FOSS-in-a-Box will be boilerplate for creating philosophically open-source projects.

ATOM
Atomic Task Organization Method

ATOM will be a standard for recording what needs to be
done that will be useful regardless of one's personal
task or project management system.

qtMUD
An engine for building worlds.

qtMUD will be an engine for creating MUDs, multi-user
dungeons, an early form of MMORPG.